Psalms 129

1 A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

canticum graduum saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea dicat nunc Israhel

2 many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea etenim non potuerunt mihi

3 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

supra dorsum meum fabricabantur peccatores prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam

4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion

6 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

fiant sicut faenum tectorum quod priusquam evellatur exaruit

7 unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit

8 May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

et non dixerunt qui praeteribant benedictio Domini super vos benediximus vobis in nomine Domini